Providing Gender-Affirming Care
October 18, 2022Review of gender-affirming care issues, including key terminology, best practices in hormone therapy management, epidemiology of HIV in transgender populations, and strategies to improve HIV care and prevention in transgender communities.
DC Engage Local Resource Guide
August 5, 2022This resource guide lists organizations in Washington, DC that offer assistance in areas including housing, harm reduction, safer sex and STI testing, food, clothing, legal, health care, and social support.
How I Knew I Had HIV: Stories by Real People Living with HIV
February 1, 2022Everyone’s experience is different, and that’s important because NO ONE symptom just shows up to indicate that you might have HIV. That is why getting tested is so important. In the beginning, it can be frightening, but these individuals overcame their fears and have triumphed.
A Walk-In Incentivized HIV Care Model: The Max Clinic
September 17, 2021Evidence-based intervention: A high-intensity support, low-threshold care access clinic specifically for persons with HIV who have extensive barriers to HIV care.
Effect of Text Messaging Plus Peer Navigation on Viral Suppression Among Youth With HIV in the iCARE Nigeria Pilot Study
August 1, 2021Consistent with the global trend, youth with HIV (YWH) in Nigeria have high rates of viral nonsuppression. Hence, novel interventions are needed. In a single-arm trial, participants aged 15–24 years received 48 weeks of a combination intervention, comprising daily 2-way text message medication reminders plus peer navigation.
Patient-Centered HIV Care Model (PCHCM)
June 21, 2021The Patient-Centered HIV Care Model integrates community-based HIV specialized pharmacists and HIV clinic medical providers to provide patient-centered care for persons with HIV.
Salud y Orgullo Mexicano: Development of a Culturally Specific Transnational Linkage and Retention in Care Intervention for Mexican Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV in Chicago
April 16, 2021This manuscript documents the development of an innovative individual-level peer navigation intervention “Salud y Orgullo Mexicano” (SOM) designed to increase linkage and retention to HIV care for Mexican men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chicago, Illinois.
Peer Linkage and Re-engagement of Women of Color with HIV
March 23, 2021This peer linkage and re-engagement intervention has been informed and adapted from the best practice findings of a past SPNS initiative that yielded successful HIV care continuum outcomes among client participants.
True Stories: Living with HIV
November 10, 2020These are the stories of three people who are using their experiences of living with HIV to encourage people to get tested, share their stories, or find out what options are best for them.
National HIV Curriculum: Linkage to HIV Care
August 25, 2020This on-line module provides a review of the current state of linkage to care in the United States, examines the major barriers to linkage to care, and explores strategies for improving linkage to care.
Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Collect and Integrate Outcomes-Based Data in Care
July 7, 2020As part of a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) initiative Improving Health Outcomes through the Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) updated its data management process to better document housing and employment service outcomes.
Peer Engagement to Improve Linkage to Care and Retention in Care for Youth, Women, Infants, and Children
April 7, 2020University Health (UH) uses peers and patient navigators to provide support, reduce barriers, and improve linkage and retention to care for women and youth with HIV.
